On the result itself, which left titleholders Madrid 15 points adrift of unbeaten leaders and rivals Barcelona, Marcelo added: "We gave it all we had. Their goal made things more difficult for us but we retained the ball well and we tried to win the game.

"It's not a case of being different in the Champions League. We can't lose our confidence based on one match, we did all we could to win it. We dug in and wanted to take the three points but the draw doesn't take away from our confidence.

"I'm not bothered about who their best player was. The keeper did make a few saves but I don't know who the best performer was."